<VV> [fastvair] Driving Handbook

[Jay Pitchford]

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Here is my technique, while I drive, I have my wife read me the book

If she doesn't have her eyes squeezed tightly shut while you're
driving your favorite twisty road, forget the book ... you're not
driving aggressively enough!

Favorite story about my beloved ...last winter we got a sitter and
were out for an evening of dinner and shopping. There was a dusting
(1/2") of new snow falling, and in the parking lot of a shopping
center - in true guy fashion - I turned off the traction control on my
Dodge Charger and put her into a full sideways power slide, followed
by a couple donuts. As I completed my finest 'Starsky & Hutch'
maneuvers, I hear a heavy sigh from the seat beside me. As I turn
towards her, Martha says "Would you PLEASE turn off those windshield
wipers? They're driving me crazy."

I almost peed myself, I laughed so hard. She didn't understand what
was so funny at first. When I explained, her reply can be paraphrased
as "ho-hum, I'm used to THAT by now. You never hit anything, so why
get worked up by it?"

I told all my buddies this story, and they're all in awe of me.